Paul Ducklin is Head of Technology, Asia Pacific at Sophos in Sydney. He has

been part of the anti-malware research scene for almost 20 years. He joined

Sophos in 1995 from the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial

Research (similar to Australia's CSIRO).

Paul is an experienced and entertaining presenter, regularly giving talks at

events world-wide. He was singled out by one IT journalist as "the most

passionate security presenter" at RSA2008 in San Francisco, and was ranked

one of the top speakers at AusCERT 2008 in Queensland.

Paul knows and loves his subject, enjoys sharing his knowledge, and

doesn't believe in PowerPoint.

Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach is a 20-year educator who has been a classroom teacher, technology coach, charter school principal, district administrator, and digital learning consultant. Currently, she is in the dissertation phase of completing her doctorate in Educational Planning, Policy and Leadership at the College of William and Mary.

She is the owner and founder of 21st Century Collaborative, LLC, a digital learning consulting business through which she gives keynotes, workshops and supports nonprofits in their grant work. Find out more at www.21stcenturycollaborative.com.

Through the Powerful Learning Practice Network which she co-founded with Will Richardson, she works with schools and teachers around the world to re-envision their learning cultures and communities - plpnetwork.com.

Additionally, she is the co-founder of the K12Online Conference, a free, annual global gathering of educators, hosted on the Web and packed with cutting-edge ideas. In 2007, K12Online attracted more than 83,000 participants world-wide. Find out more at k12onlineconference.org.

Sheryl has published journal articles, book chapters and magazine pieces, been featured on public broadcasting television and radio shows, and is a regular presenter at local, state, national and international conferences speaking on topics of homelessness, teacher leadership, virtual community building, and 21st Century learning initiatives. Her first book on 21st Century Learning will be published with Eye on Education in 2008.

Sheryl lives near the Atlantic Ocean in Virginia Beach with her four children, all of whom are avid bloggers.

15 years as Director of ICT after 18 years teaching maths and computing.

Bernajean Porter’s work reflects a belief that technology can accelerate all students in rediscovering their joy and personal success as learners. Bernajean will demonstrate how schools can make innovative changes while dealing with the need for and issues around accountability, addressing the benefits and limits, both real and perceived, that our ideas present.

When he was 14 Tom was on the internet 10 hours a day for weeks on end and harassed by many hackers over the net. He got over this and now works to improve Internet Safety for kids by consulting with the media, physiologists, organizations and governments in and around Australia. He gained national prominence after he was able to bypass the Federal Governments $84 Million NetAlert filters in just 30 minutes.

Bruce Dixon is the founder and president of the Anywhere, Anytime Learning Foundation and consults to schools, School Districts, Education Departments, Ministries of Education as well as technology companies such as Microsoft, hp-Compaq, Apple, Bertelsmann and Toshiba on 1-to-1 and technology in education. Bruce has more than 25 years experience working with schools and technology, as a teacher, Principal, software developer, undergraduate college lecturer, and then in 1987 with a partner he established an educational technology company, Computelec. As a national company of more than 90 staff, the company were fundamental to the establishment and growth of laptop programs in more than 80 schools across 3 states, before he sold it in the mid-nineties to focus on consulting. Since 1995 he has worked extensively in North America, and was in part responsible for developing the one-to-one program there, through the Anytime Anywhere Learning initiative. He consults to schools, School Districts, Education Departments, Ministries of Education as well as technology companies such as Microsoft, hp-Compaq, Apple, Bertelsmann and Toshiba. Over the past 3 years, Bruce has consulted in the US, Australia, Canada, Germany, UK and New Zealand, and has been invited to speak at Conferences in Korea, Thailand, Italy, Singapore, Taiwan, Phillipines, Japan, South Africa, United Kingdom, as well as Australia and several North American states.

Greg Gebhart has a long background in Education and ICT. He is a former educator and IT manager who now provides consultancy services to schools, education groups and government. His current role involves the delivery of Internet Safety awareness programs to schools, communities, education groups and law enforcement across Australia as the National Education Trainer for ACMA. Greg was recently awarded the 2007 Victorian ICTEV “Leader of the Year” and is a regular presenter at National and International conferences.

Christopher has been an active part of Educational IT arena for many years, originally running a successful IT company in the UK. His move 6 years ago to Australia has resulted in a number of key strategic appointments, the latest being Director of IT at Luther College, Victoria. His unique understanding of the needs of Education combined with his extensive exposure to the newest and most exciting technologies results in unique opportunities that allow Chris to establish what works, and, almost more importantly, what doesn’t.